alarmed
Example Sentences
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What fixed-income investors may be overlooking most, though, are the options available to central banks if they become alarmed by long-term bond yields rising too far, too fast.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Faith leaders alarmed by the ongoing outage held a press conference on Saturday outside a local church.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Some lawmakers in Congress were alarmed by the prospect of a single company locking up a major national-security program for years to come, the people said, and they pushed for other suppliers’ involvement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
And if vulgarity can still shock—and amuse—by working on our alarmed sense of propriety, then we still have a sense of propriety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The incident alarmed and upset the household, and as Ophie carried the trays up and down the stairs she could sense a change in the air.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
